Carl Ritger

Big time seasonality:

There's a new episode of TGE airing tonight at 6pm ET via www.greatcircles.net. Honestly can't believe it's spring already, but we're leaning into it w/ this program, all warm & coming back to life-like.

Enjoy.

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Gearing up for a few days out w/ buds from far & wide as we host our first-ever @onestraw.bsky.social events! These 3 dates all ft. ambient king Chihei Hatakeyama, which is a damn rare treat here in CO. 🎟️ are still available for all dates, but they won't be for long...

Tonight!

TGE's mid-winter program hits www.greatcircles.net.

Expect crackle, frizzle, & dust, all glazed over w/ that particular shade of white befitting of the season.

The show ends w/ a tribute of sorts to the recently departed Susan Alcorn, madame of the pedal steel guitar

Hope you enjoy.

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"media arts"

+++ this slice of mild chaos...

Constructed a major zone w/ @mjsage.bsky.social over the weekend, exploring imagined ecosystems & notions of cultural erasure. This was our inaugural collab & I hope we get to do it again real soon!

+++ TOMORROW in Fort Collins, CO: come peruse an assortment of sonic detritus...

Once more, for the people in the back! Once this sale wraps up next month, physical media will no longer be available direct from FS. We're down to last copies on a lot of what remains...

Via @lizpelly.bsky.social's excellent 'Mood Machine.' Did you delete yr #Spotify today?

Counterpoint: question nothing & disappear into the forest?

Big drone action coming up Saturday in Fort Collins, CO w. the lovely Reeder / Seward / Weathers trio, WGFY, & the inaugural duo performance ft. Matt Sage & myself. Expect pastoral brain fry, glitched air, & ripped words.

CC: @mjsage.bsky.social, @andrewweathers.bsky.social, @koryreeder.bsky.social

And I Await the Resurrection of the Pedal Steel Guitar, by Susan Alcorn from the album And I Await the Resurrection of the Pedal Steel Guitar

Another deep loss...

I never got to see her live, but I've held a special place for Susan's recordings for a long time now. The intimate resonance defines her work is a wonder, as well as her mastery of a rather arcane instrument not typically used in improvised contexts.

Spend time w/ her world.

On-air tomorrow night for the February edition of The Satin Tuning Fork at GreatCircles.net from 5-7MT with a smattering of tracks- old, new, borrowed, blue- that have been giving me joy. 🔊

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The 1st TGE of the 2025 airs tonight at 8pm ET on www.greatcircles.net.

This one is a sort of quiet meditation for a world [literally & figuratively] on fire, keying in on slowly elaborating sounds & dreamy shadow mosaics for the quiet hours.

Tune in & take care of each other.

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Gearing up for the first meat-space edition of THIS GREEN EARTH in quite some time, ft. performances from the Reeder / Sawyer / Weathers trio, Isaac Linder, & myself.

No advance tickets on this one. Bring yr ears.

CC: @tharpa.bsky.social, @koryreeder.bsky.social, @andrewweathers.bsky.social

GOTTA CATCH 'EM ALL

director david lynch looking at the camera and exclaiming fix your hearts or die

An axiom for living. Travel well, Mr. Lynch.

About to tuck in. Stoked.

Thanks a lot, I'm now experiencing seasonal dysphoria.

richard chartier Sound artist / composer considered one of the key figures in minimalist sound art. Chartier’s works explore the inter-relationships between the spatial nature of sound, silence, focus, perception and ...

The tragedy unfolding here in Los Angeles from the fires is devastating. From now until the end of January, I will be donating all sales from my Bandcamp to:

Habitat for Humanity Los Angeles
www.habitatla.org

Pasadena Humane Society
pasadenahumane.org

—> richardchartier.bandcamp.com

& you got a caffeine vape, you psycho

Endings, by Infinite Future Band 7 track album

Ok, turns out I had other things to listen too.

Infinite Future Band- Endings

A beautiful, honed in, and subtly joyful way to bring this absolutely essential label to a close. Pretty much a perfect ending.

fullspectrumrecords.bandcamp.com/album/endings

Full Spectrum Records Full Spectrum Records releases the works of experimental musicians and sound artists, with an ear towards idiosyncratic tones, extended time frames and unique compositional approaches. 2008-2024

FYI //

2024 marked the end of Full Spectrum Records, the imprint I collaborated on w/ @andrewweathers.bsky.social for many years. We still have inventory, on which we've lowered prices in the interest of "commerce." Grab a lil something & own a piece of the magic...

A Song For Two Mothers / OCCAM IX, by Laetitia Sonami / Éliane Radigue 2 track album

Revisiting this lovely work today; a portal to another [perhaps more perfect] synthetic world.

A relaxed standard issue cat

Good morning.

Once more into the breach, eh?